Fabric



Patented Mai'.r 16, 1926.

PENNSYLVANIA.

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WILLIAivL J. rox, or rHILannLPnn-i, Pniinsvrivnnia, iissrcnon To Janin:l n. Kammerer; co., rive., or errrrianntrnra,jPEnNsYLvama, A CORPORATION or FABRIC.

Application led December 24, 1923. Serial No. 682,421.

To @ZZ who-m t may concern:

Be it known that l, lNILLiAM J. Fox, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and fiitz'ite of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Fabrics, of which the following' is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in knitted fabric having two interconnected webs which are composedof wales or chains of loops and which form the two opposite faces of the fabric; and the invention relates more particularly to such fabric which includes in its construction filling Strands' which are retained in place within the fabric by and between the webs thereof and the threads ci'iiinecting the saine.

llhe object of the invention is t-o relate the threads of the several coursesV thereof forining the interconnected webs in a iiovcl inanner to produce a new fabric havingl an open or porous mesh, and to produce a new fabric in which the loops of the chains thereof forming the wales will be so relatively pro-v portioned and disposed as to present a novel and attractive appearance either Awith or without the employment of the filling strands. L

wWith the vforegoing' and related objects in view, my improved fabricconsists of the elements thereof and the combinations of them hereinafter describedand claimed.

In the accompanyingl drawings, illustrat ing` the invention` y Y i Figure 'l is a view of my improved fabric, looking at the forward face thereof.

Figure 2 is a view of the fabric ,looking at` the opposite or reverse face thereof.

Figure 3 is a top view of the fabric, as shown in Fig. l, with the uppermost filling strand c removed therefrom. y

Figure et is a view similar to Fig.r 3 with the uppermost knitted thread o removed.

Figure is a top view of Fig. l. with the uppermost and next adjacent filling strands c and the'uppermost pair of knitted threads a and Z) removed. f

' Figure 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5 with the uppermost knitted thread L'V shown in Fig. 5 removed.

Referring to the drawings, the fabric com prises'knitted threads a land b and filling strands c. The knitted threads are knitted into the fabric individually in succeeding courses and they are associated together in succeeding pairs, the letters ci and o designating the two threads of each succeeding pair. The filling strands o are confined within the fabric by the knitted threads ci` and 7) which act as bindingthreads therefor. :In the drawings, I have; shown four pairs of knitted threads 0i and and numbered them individually l to 8, inclusive, in the order in which they are knitted into the fabric from the bottom upwardly so that the course of each individual knitted thread may be followed in the several views of thedrawings.

.The knitted threads a and Z) form wales or chains` of loops A, B and A, and C, D and (l on the forward andreverse faces, respec-v tively, of they fabric, and they extend from face to face of the fabric between the chains loops and beneath or between adjacent filling strands c' 'and thereby form webs on the i'es'icctivc faces ofthe fabric between which the filling threads are confined.

Reading from left to right in Figs. 1,- 3 and et. and from right to left in Fig. 2, each thread a of the alternate pairs composed of the lthreads numbered `3, 1f and 7, 8k passes from within the fabric fto the forward face of the same and forms a loop in the first Y chain A, thence back through the fabric to the reverse face thereof and forms loop,

in the chain C back of the first chain A,

thence` forwardly through the fabric, to the s forward face thereof and' forms a loop inthe chain li, thence back again through the fabric to the reverse face thereof and forms a loop in the chain D and thence forwardly into the body of the fabric, and so on, theA course just described is repeated and the thread n, forms loops 'in other repeal ed chainsv similar to the ch1 A, (il, B and D, throuii'hout the fabric: and each thread 7) ol the same alternate pairs numbered 3, l. and "T, 8 passes alongthe forward facev of the a loop in the cha-in B, and thence alongthe forward'face of the fabric toward the next adjacentv chain A, and so on, the course `iust described is repeat-ed and the thread o forms loops in otherrepeated chains Vsiinilarto the chains A, C and B throughout the fabric.

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The two threads e and Z) of each pair in passing from the .forward to the reverse 'aces of the fabric and back again always pass beneath the same filling strand c or be.- tween the saine two adjacent filling strands c.

l shall now describe the courses of the threads of the intervening pairs composed of the threads of the pairs 1, 2 and 5, 6 reading from left to right in Figs. l, 5, and 6 and from right to left in Fig. 2. Each thread e of these intervening pairs passes from within the fabric to the reverse face of the same and forms a loop in the first chain C, thence forwardly through the fabric to the forward facethereof and forms a loop in the chain A in front of tl1e fiist chain C, thence back through the fabric to the reverse face thereof and forms a loop in the chain l), thence forwardly again through the fabric to the` forward face thereof and forms a loop in the` chain B and thence back into the. body of the fabric, and so on, the course just described is repcated and the thread e forms loops in other repeated chains similar to the chains C, A, D and B, throughout the fabric; and. each thread Z) of the said inteiwening pairs numbered l, 2 and 5, (3 passes from within the fabric to the reverse face thereof and forms a loop in the first chain C, thence forwardly through the fabric to the forward face thereof and forms a loop in the chain A. in front of the first chain C, thence along. the forward face of the fabric to the chain B and forms a loop therein, and thence back into the body of the fabric, and so on, the course just described is repeated and the thread b forms loops in other repeated. chains similar to the chains C, A and B, throughout the fabric.

lt will now be understood that the filling strands c are not only confined between the webs' ofk the respective faces of the fabric but are also held` in separated relationship by the knitted threads a and Z) of the sev eral pairs thereof where they pass through the fabric between the filling strands c.

lt will be observed that each knitted thread a. forms lshort loops in the chains A, l and (l and relatively longer loops inthe chains ll,- and that the chains or wales l) are formed entirely by the threads u. lt will also be observed that the chains or; wales A, l and D are formed of loops of threads c and bin alternate succession andthat the threads pass directly along the forward face of kthe fabric between the chains or wales A and B at certain regularly recurring intervals, as clearly shown in the drawings. These are characteristic features of. my invention.

The filling strands @may be covered rubber strands or other suitable longitudinally elastic material; and when such material isV used the manner of interknitting` the threads e and provides a fabric which will be freely stretchable longitudinally of the filling strands. Such elastic fabrics are used extensively in the manufacture of abdominal supporters, corsets and various other surgical 'appliances' and articles of wearing apparel.

l claim as my invention :u

l. A fabric comprising successive courses of pairs of interknitted threads having chains of loops on the opposite faces of the fabric, each thread of cach of certain pairs crossing the body of the fabric from face toI face thereof and forniing loops in the chains on each face of the fabric, and one thread of cach of certain pairs ettcnding between two adjacent loops formed by it in two lneXt adjacent chains on the same face of the fabric at certain intervals.

2. A fabric comprising successive courses of pairs of intcrluiitted threads having chains of loops on the opposite faces of the fabric, one thread of cach of certain. pairsv forming loops in the chains on one face of the fabric and forming relatively short and long loops in the chains on the opposite 'face of the fabric the said short loo is einbracing loops formed by the other thread of the saine pair, and said long loops enr bracing loops formed by a thread of the next adjacent pair.

3. i fabric con'iprising successive courses of pairs of interlniitted threads having chains of loops on the opposite faces of the fabric, one thread` of each of certain pairs forming loops in the chains on thc respective faces of the fabric in alternate succession, and the other thread thereof forming two loops in the chains on one face of the fabric and one loop in the chains on the oppositie face of the fabric in alternate succession.

4. A fabric comprising successive courses of pairs of interlrnitted threads having chains of loops on the opposite faces of the fabric, one thread of each of certain pairs forniing two loops in the chains on one face of the fabric and one loop in the chains on the opposite face of the fain-ic in alternate succession, the other thread thereof' forming loops in the chains on one face, ol the fabric and forming relatively short and long loops in the chains on the opposite face of the fabric, the said short loops of. cach of said certain pairs en'ibracing loops formed-by the other thread of the same pair, and said long loops of each of said certain pairs embracingloops formed by a thread of the next adjacent pair.

5. A fabric comprising successive courses of pairs of interknitted threads having chains of loops on the opposite faces of the fabric, each thread of each of certain pairs crossing the body of the fabric from face to face thereof and forming loops in the lll?) chains on each face of the fabric, certain loops formed by each thread of each of said certain pairs of the threads embracing certain loops formed by the other thread of the saine pair and certain other loops formed by each thread of each of said certain pairs of threads embracing certain loops formed by the threads of the next adjacent pair.

G. A fabric comprising successive courses of pairs of intel-knitted binding threads having chains of loops on the opposite faces of the fabric, and filling strands extending longitudinally of the courses of binding threads and confined within enclosures formed by and between the pairs of binding threads, each thread of each of certain pairs crossing the body of the fabric from face to face thereof between two adjacent filling strands and forming loops in the chains on each face of the fabric, and one thread of each of certain pairs extending between two adjacent loops formed by it in two next adjacent chains on the same face of the fabric at certain intervals. y

7. A fabric comprising successive courses of pairs of interlrnitted binding threads having chains of jloops on the opposite faces of the fabric, and filling strands extending' longitudinally of the courses of binding threads and confined within enclosures formed by and between the pairs of binding threads, one thread of each of certain pairs forming loops in the chains on one face of the fabric and forming relatively short and long loops in the chains on the opposite face of the fabric, the said short loops embracing loops formed by the other thread of the same pair, and said long loops embracing loops formed by a thread of the next adjacent pair.

8. A fabric comprising successive courses of pairs of interknitted binding threads having chains of loops on the opposite faces of the fabric, and filling strands extending longitudinally of the courses of binding` threads and confined within enclosures formed by and between the pairs of bindingV threads, one thread of each of certain pairs forming loops in the chains on each face of the fabric, and the other thread thereof forming two adjacent loops in two next adjacent chains on the same face of the fabric at certain intervals.

9. A fabric comprising successive courses of pairs of interknitted binding threads having chains of loops on the opposite faces of the fabric, and filling strands extending longitudinally of the courses of binding threads and confined within enclosures formed by and between the pairs of binding threads, one thread of each of certain pairs forming loops in the chains on thc respective faces of the fabric in alternate succession, and the other thread thereof forming two loops in the chains on one face of the fabric and one loop in the chains on the opposite face of the fabric in alternate succession.

l0. A fabric comprising'successive courses of pairs of interlmitted binding threads having chains of loops on the opposite faces of the fabric, and filling strands extending longitudinally of the courses of binding threads and confined within enclosures formed by and between the pairs of binding threads, one thread of each ofcertain pairs forming two loops in the chains on one face of the fabric and one loop in the chains on the Vopposite face ofthe fabric in alternate succession, the other thread thereof forming loops in the chains on one face of the fabric and forming relatively short and long loops in the chains on the opposite face of the fabric, the said short vloops of each of said certain pairs embracing loops formed by the other thread of the same pair, and said long loops of cach of said certain pairs einbracing loops formed by a thread of the next adu jacent pair.

ll. A fabric comprising successive courses` of pairs of interlrnitted binding threads having chains of loops on the opposite faces of the fabric, and filling strands extending longitudinally of the courses of binding` threads and confined within enclosures formed by and between the pairs of binding` threads, each thread of each of certain pairs crossing the body of the fabric from face to face thereof between twov adjacent filling strands and forming loops in the chains on each face of the fabric, certain loops formed by each thread of each of said certain pairs of threads embracing certain loops formed by the other thread of the same pair and certain other loops formed by'each thread of each of said certain pairs of threads enibracing certain loops formed by the threads of the .next adjacent pair. Y

In testimony whereof I affix my signature hereto.

WILLIAM J. FOX. 

